Analyser-based phase contrast image reconstruction using geometrical optics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4171-4187

  Kitchen, M J ^a   Pavlov, K M ^a   Siu, K K W ^a   Menk, R H ^b   Tromba, G ^b   Lewis, R A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHASE CONTROL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ANALYSER-BASED PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; OBJECT RECONSTRUCTION;

RADIOGRAPHY;

NYLON; SILICON;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; LINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTRON;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OPTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547267185     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/14/010     Document Type: Article

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